Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-11-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Its said that Colonel Cody's share.
of the profits Of the American Expo.
sition in London consisted Of f70, 600.
and position in society"
John B. Stetson, the Philadelphia
halter, employs 300 men, women and
children, and has a Sunday-school of
1000 scholars in connection with his
factory. The chapel where the school
meets cost $40, 900.
Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln keeps q
scrap-book for little Abe Lincoln, in
which she preserves. all the newspaper
paragraphs Of her illustrious father-in-
law. 1t is her intention to make an
historian of her little son and have
Abraham Lincoln the subject of his
first work
Marshal John jolly, of Butte City,
NJ. T., is the owner Of the most expen-
siye policeman's star in the United
States. It's Of solid gold, and has FIVE
points. At the end Of each point is a
diamond costing 1925, and in the
center is a monogram of Mr.. Jolly's
name in diamonds.
james Russell Lowell has pur-
chased for a su MINER residence an
abandoned little red house on de-
cayed farm at Ashfield, Mass, where
he has magnificent view OF that
mountainous country. He has no
near neighbors, but in distant part
of the town are George William Curtis
and Prot. Charles Eliot Norton, the
author Of the last life Of Thomas
Carlyletwo congenial friends.
The death of Elihu B. .Washburne
removes one of the most conspicuous
links that bound the present with the
memorable achievements of field and
forum of quarter of q century ago.
He was man Of special mark even
among the distinguished men who par
ticipated in the political struggles
which eliminated in our civil war and
in the equally momentous struggles
which attended and followed the war.
Philadelphia Times.
The famous Judge Shaw, OF
Massachusetts, was very homely and
very arbitrary. One day, as Rufus
Choate was arguing case before him,
he used the word "humbug," and the
Judge roughly asked him what he
meant "by the term humbug.' Choate
unused moment, and then said: Il
hardly know how to explain it to your
honor's apprehension; but if young
lady were to call your honor hand
some man, think she would be bum.
bugging you. IN 7. Ledger.
1t is rather early in the day to
make predictions, but some of our old
novel readers feel confident that the
popularity Of the Russian story writer's
is only a passing fancy in this coun.
try. The next generation may be as
indifferent to the writings of Tolstoi
and his fellow-countrymen as the peo-
pie Of the present day are to the
masterpieces of Bremen and Muhlbach.
Literature has its fashions, and there
is no telling what will be in vogue the
day after tomorrow. atlanta Con-
stitution.
Joe Andrews, the San Francisco
diamond collector, wears a $15, COG
cluster of diamonds on his necktie,
surrounding a SIS, 900 opal. He wears
a SIS, 600 single diamond on his finger,
and in his pocket he carries the finest
opal in the world, for which he has re.
fused $4,000. Those who know him
never charge him with vulgarity in
the display of his jewels He is the
only man in California ,eho, when in
official position, was known to return
an unused appropriation to the
treasury. amounting, when he was
commissioner at New Orleans, to
$4,000.